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Name : plaquemasterEmail : sjkc0072@aol.comComments : The Philadelphia Historical Commission added this site to its historical registry on 6/14/13. Date : 2013-07-12

Name : plaquemasterEmail : sjkc0072@aol.comComments : A village of dead, and subtitled, Under playground, African American cemetery has remains of at least 5,000. It is authored by Stephan Salisbury.Date : 2013-11-11

Name : plaquemasterEmail : sjkc0072@aol.comComments : The Avenging the Ancestors Coalition, an activist group, has vowed to fight allowing the cemetery to coexist with the playground, according to an article in the Philadelphia Inquirer, 12/6/13, at p. B8.Date : 2013-12-08

Name : plaquemasterEmail : sjkc0072@aol.comComments : Yesterdays Philadelphia Inquirer, at p. A2, had a lengthy article on this burial ground. There is a problem with sinkholes and cave-ins, it said. It also said that there is a 180-year-old water main running beneath Queen Street past the cemetery at Lawrence Street, which would cause a big problem if it ruptured. (I used to hear that there were still some wooden water mains in Philly, but I dont know whether that is still true.)Date : 2014-02-21